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“But we were unlucky in terms of the goals conceded, the two of them. And after three minutes it knocked the wind out of our sails after we conceded that.

“They are a good team, they played well. It helps if you are 1-0 up after three minutes certainly to be that good team and us, the home team, not really to get it started and get a foothold in the game.”

He went onto emphasise how well he thought they played after City have now gone 11 games undefeated.

Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson (Image: Robbie Stephenson/JMP)

McCarthy added: “They (City) played well though. I think they handled it particularly well. They sat in to the half-way line so that we try and lose it. They had a couple of chances because of that.

“They haven’t conceded that many goals either and yet I thought we were a threat in the first half and not so much in the second half.